Prisoner

In the middle of the city is a beautiful, stone-carved mansion

With a swimming pool in the backyard that must have never been touched

Crystal clear windows showing to all the neighbors

An array of knives, chains, and nice porcelain dolls

Meant for a birthday gift to the youngest daughter of the family

Who was locked downstairs in the basement for most of the time

Screaming, for all the neighbors to hear and none of the neighbors to care

Certainly it's their business how they raise their child

The world says as the word "mistake" is carved in the girl's back

They most certainly hear the thrusts in time with the girl's cries

And a man gasping through an open window for all to hear

But no one in their right mind calls the police

No one in their right mind is in the city

No one in their right mind is alive